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EARTHQUAKES

A notice board at a station in Tokyo announces suspended shinkansen services due to a tsunami warning after a strong quake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday. 
EDITORIALS
Aug 1, 2025
A troubling reminder of Japan's vulnerability to natural disasters
There is considerable work to be done. Multiple studies and surveys of municipalities show that they are not prepared for a big incident.
Police officers ask people to evacuate a beach due to a tsunami warning in the city of Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2025
Japan lifts tsunami advisory nationwide
The Meteorological Agency first lifted the advisory for coastal areas between Tokyo Bay and Okinawa on Thursday morning before clearing it across the country at 4:30 p.m.
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science / EXPLAINER
Jul 31, 2025
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
Part of the reason the waves were weaker than anticipated may have to do with the size of the quake off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia.
The NISAR satellite is encapsulated in its payload fairing at the Indian Space Research Organization’s Satish Dhawan Space Center on July 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Earth science
Jul 31, 2025
When Earth’s surface shifts, a new satellite will see it
The satellite is a joint mission between NASA and India’s space agency and will track tiny shifts across almost all of Earth’s land and ice regions.
Waves slam into a sea wall off Waikiki Beach after authorities downgraded earlier tsunami warnings following an earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Wedenesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2025
Tsunami danger has Chile to U.S. on alert after Russia quake
Aftershocks will likely continue for months and there is no way to predict if there will be another massive shake.
Police officers ask a man to evacuate from an empty beach following a tsunami warning, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2025
Japan on edge but prepared for tsunami after huge Kamchatka earthquake
Tsunami waves measuring up to 1.3 meters were observed off the Pacific coast of Japan, with authorities urging people in coastal areas to evacuate to higher ground.
Storage tanks containing treated water from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2025
Tepco ordered to pay ¥100 million in damages over 2011 disaster
Presiding Judge Masahiko Abe ordered the payment mainly as compensation for damage to property and consolation money.
The town of Severo-Kurilsk on Russia's northern Kuril Islands is hit by a tsunami on Wednesday in this image taken by a drone.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2025
Powerful quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunami
The quake off Russia's remote Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami up to 4 meters across the Pacific and sparked evacuations as far away as Hawaii.
The Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, in March 2024
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2025
Hokkaido's Tomari nuclear reactor passes safety screening
The reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power's plant is the 18th to gain approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority since the current safety standards were adopted.
Mutsuko Sano shows a booklet containing her wartime experiences during an interview in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / History
Jul 28, 2025
80 years on, Iwate woman recalls naval bombardment
More than 5,000 shells were fired into Kamaishi, which had a large iron mill, on July 17 and Aug. 9, 1945, killing a total of 782 people, mostly civilians.
A "no swimming" sign and flag are displayed on the beach at Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka Beach Park in the city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 10 last year, following the issuance of emergency information on the increased risk of a huge Nankai Trough earthquake.
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2025
Japan holds first meeting on Nankai quake information guidelines review
Japan issued its first Nankai Trough emergency information in August last year following a major quake off Miyazaki Prefecture.
Evacuees wishing to voluntarily return to Akuseki Island in Kagoshima Prefecture get on a ferry in the city of Kagoshima on July 16.
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2025
Evacuees from quake-hit Tokara Islands to return
Seismic activity near the islands has slowed in recent days, giving islanders the opportunity to return.
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
CULTURE / Film
Jul 20, 2025
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
As rural towns in Japan decline, Yukio Iokibe’s documentary offers a hopeful reminder that democracy endures through advocacy, persistence and human connection.
Visitors crowd Nakamise shopping street in the Asakusa district of Tokyo on June 22.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2025
Japan tourism growth slowed as quake rumor deterred Hong Kongers
Fears of an earthquake on or around July 5 originated from a manga by Ryo Tatsuki, whom some claim to have foreseen Japan’s disastrous 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho speaks during a news conference at the Wakayama Prefectural Government office in the city of Wakayama on Wednesday
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2025
LDP lawmaker to quit as parliamentary committee chief over Noto quake gaffe
According to a senior official of the ruling LDP, Yosuke Tsuruho is poised to step down as chairman of the Budget Committee in the House of Councillors.
48.0% of respondents living in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture said there was a gap between those who could access information after the January 2024 quake and those who could not, a survey has shown.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2025
Nearly half in quake-hit Noto area felt digital divide
A survey found that some people described a gap between those who could access information and those who could not after the January 2024 disaster.
Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho speaks during a news conference at the Wakayama Prefectural Government office in the city of Wakayama on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2025
Japanese lawmaker under fire over Noto quake gaffe
Ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho apologized and said, "I lacked consideration for the disaster-hit areas."
Emperor Naruhito delivers a keynote speech via video at the Seventh Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2025
Emperor gives video speech at U.N. event on water and disasters
He urged people "to take new action" to tackle water-related issues around the world.
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, in the Tokara chain, which has been hit by swarms of earthquakes in recent days, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday afternoon.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2025
More residents evacuate quake-hit remote islands in Japan
The series of earthquakes with their epicenters in the seas around the Tokara chain — including two powerful quakes on Sunday — began on June 21.
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
JAPAN
Jul 5, 2025
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Authorities on Friday evacuated some residents from remote islands close to the epicenter of the 5.5 magnitude quake.
Why did such a powerful earthquake produce such a weak tsunami?
A person records images of waves following a tsunami advisory generated by local authorities after an earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, prompting warnings and evacuations stretching across at the South Pacific, in Vina del Mar, Chile, on Wednesday.
Last soldiers of Imperial Japanese Army have a warning for younger generations
Kunshiro Kiyozumi, 97, who was the youngest crew member of the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 in World War II, on his way to a restaurant to have lunch in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 29.
80 years on, former teacher conveys history of hidden island in World War II
Masayuki Yamauchi teaches junior high school students about the history of Okunoshima, an island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in May.
1,010 food and beverage prices to rise in Japan in August
The price increases in August will be especially noticeable for dairy products, including milk and yogurt, according to the research firm Teikoku Databank.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.
Coordination office marks first step in U.S. Forces Japan’s shift to ‘warfighting’ command
U.S., Japanese and Australian staff work in the JJOC Cooperation Team office at the U.S. Army’s Hardy Barracks in central Tokyo in this image posted to the Australian Embassy's X account on July 25.
GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan
Hiroyuki Goto, president of GTN. The company started after Goto personally co-signed leases for around 20 non-Japanese people, including some friends and friends of friends.
Artist Chiharu Shiota weaves a hidden marvel on Teshima
“Memory of Lines” is Chiharu Shiota’s second art installation on Teshima as part of the Setouchi Triennale.
How the Japanese TV industry is changing
Fuji TV headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Fuji TV came under fire over the manner in which it handled a case of “sexual trouble” involving former boy band member Masahiro Nakai and a female announcer.

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